After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight
… Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze … Walker Morgan Hartley | 17th August 2012 News Coal Power Plant Anadolu YEGEP Turkey Gerze … plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
… Coal is over Joss Garman | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear …
Clean Coal Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technology of stripping carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil fuels and then burying it as a liquid underground.
… Power On - Clean Coal Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Clean Coal Carbon Dioxide Carbon Capture Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
Fossil fuels have barely been mentioned in previous climate talks. COP26 has seen a shift, and new movements are forming.
… governments to “accelerate the phasing-out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels”, but this … to “accelerating the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for … announcements at COP26 last week targeted at coal power. These included at least 23 new …
Climate vulnerable countries were bitterly disappointed with the watering down of language on coal and lack of finance to cover permenent losses from climate change they are already suffering.
… with the watering down of language on coal and lack of finance to cover permenent … wording in the draft deal on phasing out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels had been … to “accelerating the phase out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for …
The COP26 conference has failed to usher in a new era where capital is constrained to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown.
… is a limit or stop on the exploitation of coal, oil and gas. Thus, "copitalism" is … agreement signed by 40 countries to phase out coal power by the 2030s for the coloniser … colonised, and to end all investment in new coal power generation. China has not agreed to …
Don't believe the carbon capture hype, say MPs and NGOs
… Clean coal myth at E-On's Kingsnorth 1st July 2008 … Kingsnorth Carbon Dioxide Carbon Off-Setting Coal Technology Climate Change Energy … hype, say MPs and NGOs E.ON’s controversial coal-fired power station to be built at …
Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage.
… Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing … gas plants, it tends to be the workhorse coal power stations that fulfil this … problematic. The current reliance on coal power plants to balance out demand will …
COP26 is long forgotten but the legacy of oil exploitation will last for ever.
… efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal power and phase-out of inefficient fossil … the week as “accelerate the phasing-out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels”, but was … India, whose environment minister urged the coal “phasedown” instead of “phase-out”. But …
Bringing fossil fuels into COP, to keep them in the ground.
… Change’s mandate does not include energy. Coal, gas and oil therefore do not fall within … community to "accelerate the phase-out of coal and the end of fossil fuel subsidies". … Multilateral In Glasgow, ad hoc bilateral coalitions made a number of significant …
Relying on unproven technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage is a dangerous distraction from the more systematic changes required to tackle climate change.
… station in Yorkshire, which currently burns coal and biomass (in the form of wood pellets), and is planning to replace coal with gas. The previous CCS competition … North Yorkshire, which planned to build a new coal plant with the technology (see our …
We just can't have fossil fuel investors and industries sponsoring climate conferences like COP26.
… permitted upper limit. Poland’s leading coal company Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) … 24 in Katowice, at the heart of the country’s coal-producing region, as recently as 2018. … The Polish pavilion memorably advertised coal-shaped bars of soap. Corporate …
And the day after the Glasgow COP. What do we do then?
… right now is to stop almost all burning of coal, oil and gas. We could start that process … and almost all transport. Then we can ban coal, oil and gas. But to get there we must … seem to be one bright spot. Consumption of coal in China had more than tripled between …
In a surprise move, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed Cambridge Professor David Mackay as its Chief Scientific Adviser
… heralds a new phase of thinking at DECC on coal power, particularly because Mackay is … change will require the end of unabated coal burning: 'Solving climate change is a … dioxide must be such that people stop burning coal without capture.' Track record Mackay was …
A total of 503 delegates at Cop26 directly affiliated with fossil fuel companies or with governments but linked to oil, gas or coal firms.
… or with governments but linked to oil, gas or coal firms. The fossil fuel industry has … delegations but are affiliated to oil, gas or coal firms. That means fossil fuel … emissions that mostly come from oil, gas and coal to curb dangerous warming – as well as 30 …
The failure of the COP26 climate conference reminds us that capitalism is the driver of ecological breakdown. But what does that mean for environmental activists?
… agreement on accelerating the phasing out of coal. A last-minute intervention by the Indian … down the final statement from phasing out coal to ‘phasing down’. Even if an agreement … China, meantime, is continuing to build more coal-fired power stations. It isn’t that no …
New draft of Cop26 deal weakens language on fossil fuel phaseout.
… countries “to accelerate the phasing-out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels”. In a new … and accelerating the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for … about the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, a coalition of countries that have pledged to …
Well, now we have it; nuclear power is once again going to save the day. In the past it helped save us from coal, now it is going to save us, if the rest of the world follows our example, from global warming.
… the day. In the past it helped save us from coal, now it is going to save us, if the rest … the energy extracted is no better than mining coal, assuming that the uranium is used in a … the total release of greenhouse gases. Both coal and fuel oil used in a co-generation …
Countries meeting in Copenhagen to assess action needed to deliver commitments made at Cop26 talks in Glasgow last November.
… May 2022 | News COP26 COP27 Deforestation Coal Climate Breakdown Alok Sharma Countries … down emissions in sectors such as reducing coal production and deforestation, UK …
The US president last night announced a new target to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030.
… national plans, for example by phasing out coal. The new US target is part of its … with demand for fossil fuels, including coal, pushing climate pollution up to close to … up investments in renewable energy, an end to coal power plants and for finance to help …
COP26 is our last ditch attempt for unity in preventing the greatest global crisis humanity has ever faced.
… last September, four areas will be tackled: “coal, cars, cash and trees”. For Sharma as COP … moment when the world will finally “consign coal to history”, placing pressure on the gathered parties to put an end to coal powered energy. However, no formal …
Biochar - the charcoaled remains of agricultural waste - is being hailed as a huge opportunity to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But is the science sound, and do we have enough waste to go around?
… Biochar: can charcoal really stop global warming? Almuth … And Technology Carbon Carbondioxide charcoal.jpg Biochar - the charcoaled remains of agricultural waste - is …
The leaders gathered at COP26, with the British government to the fore, remain in the thrall of technology fetishism.
… includes his own brother-in-law, Matt “King Coal” Ridley . Morphing Paterson claims that … enrichment, waged war on the striking coal miners? Not a bit of it. Johnson stuffed … as Andrea Leadsom, and supporters of the coal industry such as Priti Patel. His …